A
Primer of Materia Medica
for practitioners of Homopathyby Timothy Field AllenPresented by
Médi-T.

HYOSCYAMUS

Generalities :

Convulsions.
Twitchings.
Catching at things in the air or pulling at the clothes.
General weakness, with blunted sensibility.
Symptoms are generally worse in the evening, and after eating and
drinking.

Grinding of the teeth, so that they become loose.
Tearing toothache in the morning, with rush of blood to the head.
Toothache after taking cold, and in the open air.
Pulsating toothache.
Tongue seems paralyzed ; speech is confused, difficult, as well as
irrational.
General dryness of the mouth and fauces.
Frothing from the mouth.
Saliva, sometimes bloody, sometimes with salt taste.

Throat :

A feeling of constriction, with inability to swallow anything, especially
drinks.
Spasmodic constriction ; spasms renewed on every attempt to swallow
liquids.

Stomach :

Ravenous hunger, unquenchable thirst, but cannot swallow.
Thirst, but drinks little at a time.
Drinking causes spasms.
Hiccough.
Nausea and vomiting.
Vomiting of blood or bloody mucus.
Retching and vomiting after coughing.
Great sensitiveness of the pit of the stomach to touch.
Violent cramps in the stomach, > for a time by vomiting.

Abdomen :

Sensitiveness of the walls of the abdomen, especially when coughing.
The abdominal muscles seem strained or bruised.
Cutting pains in the lower portion of the abdomen, which is distended.

:
Nymphomania, sometimes most furious.
(Apparent nymphomania, especially of puerperal women ; seems to be a
sort of delirium rather than real sexual desire. The tendency to uncover
is most characteristic.)

Respiratory organs :

Cough incessant when lying down, > when sitting up ; usually dry
at night, seeming to be caused by a tickling in the trachea.
Cough frequently spasmodic, in short, rapid paroxysms, almost like
whooping cough.
Voice sometimes rough on account of the collection of a little mucus in
the larynx and trachea.
Paroxysms of dyspna, especially at night on lying : down must jump
up.

Neck and Back :

Contraction of the muscles of the neck, so that the head is turned
obliquely.

Extremities :

Tremblings ; twitchings, especially of the hands and feet.
Convulsive movements with the thumbs closed in the fist.
Carphology.
Cramps of the posterior parts of the thighs and calves.
Toes spasmodically flexed by spasms, even when walking.

Skin :

Skin usually hot and dry.
A scarlet-like rash spreads over the whole body, which becomes purplish.
Boils or gangrenous spots.
Ulcers bleed and become painful.

Sleep :

Sleeplessness all night, with restlessness, twitchings and startings.

Fever :

General shivering ; coldness predominates.
Heat usually localized in the face and head ; sweat general,
sometimes clammy, particularly during sleep.